Sam Dexter is undertaking his PhD at UCL’s Centre for Research in Autism and Education and is exploring how special schools are using careers guidance to help prepare their autistic young ...

Education policy debates often centre on the immediate: what can be achieved within a political term, or what’s feasible in response to a current crisis. But the future of education will ...

Dr Babak Dadvand is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education at La Trobe University. His research centres on equity and social justice, with a focus on preparing and supporting teachers ...

The idea that education should be or become an evidence-based profession has been around for several decades and is still gaining in popularity in many countries around the world. The idea ...

Teacher shortages, political instability, emerging global crises and the aftermath of the pandemic have created significant ...

Dr Morwenna Bennallick is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Westminster. She completed her PhD research in 2019 at Royal Holloway, University of London. Morwenna’s ...

We write as activists, advocates and historians about the ongoing impact of strike action taken by nursery workers 40 years ago and the way activism can nourish the profession. Despite ...

What could learning spaces in prison be like? This question has guided our reflective research process, prompting us to reflect critically on existing practice and to create an emerging ...

In this ongoing blog series, presenters and prize winners from BERA Conference 2025 will share insights from the research they present at the event. The series gives presenters the opportunity ...

Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within ...

Ross Little is a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at De Montfort University. In recent times, his research and development work has focused on how we create safe and ...

In times of crisis, silence is never neutral, it is complicit. As we bear witness to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, what’s unfolding is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an assault ...